Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 20 | 23 | 13 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | -10 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 83 | 24 | 49 |
| As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire | 11.20% | 5.99% | 12.31% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 32.05% | 20.17% | 40.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 61 | 17 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £469 | £328 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £495 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £493 | £550 | £592 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.36% | -7.02% | +2.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £650 | £645 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £738 | £688 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £523 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | -4.31% | -0.48% |
All Cloud Skills
South Yorkshire
Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 259 | 119 | 121 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire | 34.95% | 29.68% | 30.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 189 | 77 | 93 |
| 10th Percentile | £297 | £400 | £353 |
| 25th Percentile | £370 | £450 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £492 | £525 | £561 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.29% | -6.42% | +2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £590 | £610 |
| 90th Percentile | £645 | £670 | £688 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £490 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.16% | -5.00% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £18.65 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £20.50 | £18.88 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £21.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £21.50 | £19.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £19.95 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £29.68 | £27.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.93% | +37.50% | -11.11% |
Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.
Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.
Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.
Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | +9 | 80 | £493 | -9.33% | 30 |
| Doncaster | - | 2 | £300 | - | 9 |
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Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
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